Bail-ear for oil-cans.



C. L. WAGANDT.

BAIL EAR FOR OIL CANS.

APPLICATION FILED 00119. 1914.

1,225,725, Patented May 8, 1917.

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CHARLES L. WAGANDT, or BALTIMQRE, MARYLAND, AssrsNos. T ITHE. NATIONALENAMELING &. s'rAMPINGcOMPANY, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A, cOnPonArION or NEWJERSEY.

Specification Of Letters Patent.

BAIL-EAR FOB; OIL-CANS.

Patented May 8, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. lVacANnT, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful: Improve ments in BailEars for Oil-Cans, of which thefollowing is a specification.-

This invention relates to improved bailears for oil-cans.

Sheet-metal oil-cans with stamped breasts commonly have a screw-nozzleclosed by a cap, and also have wire-bails whose ears have been attachedby rivets or solder. These methods of attaching bail-ears to oil canbreasts sometimes require the sheet metal to be perforated, which isobjectionable because of leaks that result, and other disadvantages.

It is desirable to provide oil-cans of this type with bail-ears attachedwithout making perforations and also with relatively smaller wire-bailsthan heretofore.

To these ends I attach both the screw-nozzle and the two bail-ears tothe can-breast by means of one annular curled joint at the opening inthe breast where the screw-nozzle is placed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

Figure 1 is a side View of the breast of an oil-can, and shows a screwcap closing the nozzle, the bail and bail-ears attached in the improvedmanner.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of an Oil-can breast showing the nozzle brokenaway for convenience of drawing, the screw cap, bail and two bail-earswhich latter are in the improved position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the bail-ears and is shown tomake clear the general shape of the ear, but for clearness ofillustration this figure is shown without the corrugations that are inthe preferred form seen in Figs. 2, 4 and 5.

Figs. 4 and 5 are both sectional views on adiametrical line across thecan-breast and screw-nozzle. V

In Fig. 4 the ears and screw nozzle have not been attached but are inposition ready for the dies to close and form the annular joint whichattaches them; in Fig. 5 the anof an ordinary cylindric can-body 17,only partly shown.

The can-breast in this instance is provided with a spout 7, attacheddirectly to the breast; a screw-nozzle 8, is sccured'by anannular-shaped curled joint 9,. and the breast also has two bail-earslO,whose bases 11, are secured in the same annular-shaped joint 9, thatholds the screw-nozzle.

Referring to Fig. 3, the stem part 10, of the bail-ear stands uprightand has a hole to receive the hook 12, of the wire-bail 13; the base 11,of the ear when the latter is new and seen in its separate condition asin Fig. 3, has the form of a curved flange,-the curve of this flangebeing a segment of a circle corresponding to that of the annular joint9; the bailear also has a horizontal web 14, that connects the stem-part10, and the curved base or flange 11. The web, 14 of the bailear seen inFig. 3 has no corrugations, being shown with plain flat surfaces, butthe ears shown in Figs. 2, 4, 5 are corrugated to enable them to be madeof thin sheet-metal and yet possess the desired degree of stiffness. Inany case the corrugations are not material and are not hereinafterclaimed.

The screw-nozzle is closed as usual by a cap 18.

An inspection of Fig. 4 shows a flange 15, on the can-breast turneddownward around the opening up through which the screwnozzle 8, isinserted, and the bail-ears are set in position with the curved flange11, of each ear between said down-turned flange 15, and the base 16, ofthe screw-nozzle. One bail-ear is on one side of the nozzlediametrically opposite the other car. The upright stems, 10, of the twoears are farther apart by reason of the relative position of the twohorizontal webs, 14, and permit the bases 11, of the ears to be nearertogether; this affords more room for the screw-cap 18, and for thefingers of a persons hand to turn said cap.

Positioned as shown in Fig. 4, the parts are ready for the action ofclosing dies, not

' shown. The same parts are shown in Fig. 5,

but here the annular joint 9, has been closed by the dies, and now thetwo bail-ears have their bases hooked into the same joint 9, thatsecures the screw-nozzles.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is;-

1. An oil-can having a top breast provided at its center with a circularnozzle Whose base is secured to the breast by an annular joint aroundsaid base; a wire bail; two bailears each having an upright stem, abasefiange engaged in the same annular joint that secures said nozzle tothe canbreast,

and a horizontal web connecting'the upright stem and the base-fiange andthe web of each ear extending horizontally in a direction away from saidannular joint,- whereby the two upright ear-stems may be positionedfarther apart than the diametrical measurement of the annular joint inwhich the said ears are secured.

2. An oil-can having a breast provided with a screw-nozzle secured tothe breast by an annular joint; two bail-ears one of which has positionat one side of the nozzle dia- Copies of this patent may be obtained fortop by a surrounding joint; two ears positioned at diametricallyopposite sides of the said nozzle and each ear having a base that issecured'in the said surrounding joint, and

a wire bail whose two ends connect with said ears.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

CHARLES L; WAGANDT. Witnesses:

HY SoHUcHARDT, NILES E. FIELDS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

